Specialist, Systems Security and Cloud Infrastructure at IHS Towers

IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain – colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.

Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Specialist, Systems Security and Cloud Infrastructure

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Purpose

• Server and System Administration Operations.

Responsibilities

• Build, design, deploy, maintain, and lead the implementation of cloud solutions across multiple public offerings, e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS, Huawei Cloud.
• Help implement the technology direction, vision, and strategy to enable cloud technology adoption.
• Implement and refine cloud future state architectures and roadmaps in line with standards, guidelines, and industry best practices.
• Recognize and resolve all business issues and impact as it relates to IT systems infrastructure.
• Participate in the design, implementation, and management of workload automation initiatives.
• Adhere to firm Change Management, Problem Management policies and familiarity with ITIL or other formalized IT Operations foundation.
• Assess urgency of issues and facilitate follow-up and resolution accordingly including service quality initiatives to support highly product availability environment.
• Assist IT security team to develop and support organizational security standards.
• Ensures all flagged vulnerabilities are closed.
• Coordinates the implementation and updating of patches on servers and clients’ machines to protect information.
• Provide regular reports on cloud services and on-premises.
• Assist in responding to regular reviews from ITGRC team.
• Support and assist in implementation IT Security Projects.
• Ensures on enterprises certificates are managed properly and are renewed at the right time in collaboration with IT Security team.
• Performs any other duties as may be required from time to time.
• Provide occasional out of hours support.
• Identifies opportunities to simplify IT systems operations through continuous improvement initiatives.

Other Specifics:

• Microsoft O365 Admin
• Azure Cloud Admin & Application Integration
• Systems Security
• SFTP/MFT platform Support.
• Infrastructure Security and Risk Compliance Management
• Identity and Access Management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in Computer Science, engineering, Information Technology
• Minimum of 4 - 5 Years working experience, preferably in a Telecommunication and IT solutions industry
• ITIL Foundation is required.
• Advance knowledge of Azure platform.
• Advance skill on Linux administration.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification is recommended.
• Background IT knowledge on Virtual Machines, Networks, and other IT Infrastructure aspects.
• CompTIA A+ certified is required or equivalent.

Organizational Competencies:

• Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers’ needs. They develop trusted, reliable & collaborative relationships. They are consistently operating to the highest standards of service & delivery.
• Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services. They champion engineering & skills development, and work to create a collaborative and supportive operating environment.
• Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do. They support financially & environmentally sustainable growth. They make socially responsible decisions and treat their stakeholders with respect.
• Boldness - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making. They are courageous in expanding existing markets & developing new ones. They confidently pursue appropriate financial returns and are forward-thinking and ambitious.
• Sustainability- People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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